Let the lawsuits over healthcare reform begin

  I am as disappointed over the passage of the healthcare reform bill– if not more so– as is at least 60-70 % of the American people but the battle is just beginning. Now it is time to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation, and the first item up for a challenge is the constitutionality of forcing the American people to purchase healthcare.

  Florida is now readying a constitutional challenge to the healthcare mandates that are included in this bill, and Florida is not alone: South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota and Alabama have all signed on so far to challenge this in court. Hopefully there will be more states to follow suit, there is talk that 38 states are preparing to challenge this bill’s constitutionality in court.

  Here is the statement released by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum:

The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state’s sovereignty.

On behalf of the State of Florida and of the Attorneys General from South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota and Alabama if the President signs this bill into law, we will file a lawsuit to protect the rights and the interests of American citizens.

  Barack Obama scored a huge victory yesterday with the vote in the House to pass the Senate version of the healthcare reform bill but we are just beginning to fight. This is not over, and it will not be for quite some time.

  Republicans are also readying bills to repeal the healthcare reform bill and while the chances of these moves actually bearing fruit are extremely slim, the fight must go on. The manner in which this bill became law must be made a political issue all the way through the midterm elections. The American people are upset. They are upset at this bill and they are upset about the manner in which this bill became law.

  Nancy Pelosi claimed that there was no way that this bill would not get passed and she was right. Unless I am mistaken– and if I am I am sure that somebody will correct me,– the Senate never even voted on their version of the bill before the House passed it. The Senate was preparing a vote on the bill when Scott Brown won in Massachusetts and deprived the Democrats of the 60th vote needed to pass the bill. They agreed to use reconciliation to pass the bill with a simple majority, but I do not remember them actually voting on passing the bill.

  There seems to be something shady going on here when the president can sign a bill into law that the Senate hasn’t ever approved. The fix has been in on this bill from the very beginning and it is enlightening moving forward on future bills such as cap and trade and amnesty for illegals. We cannot allow the government to get away with this on healthcare reform because it will open up the door for them to do whatever the hell they want to on the other pressing issues of the radical Barack Obama administration.

  Now is the time to write to your state representatives and to ask them to join in the lawsuits that are upcoming on the constitutionality of the healthcare reform bill. The stakes have never been higher, the future of our nation is at stake. It is time to rise up and take our country back before it is too late.